Carole King Quotes

I love music, so if I wasn't singing, I would probably still be working in the music industry. I love songwriting, so I'd probably be a songwriter.

I'm a songwriter, that's what I love.

I'm more of an artist and a songwriter than I am a DJ. That word seems a little bit - well, it doesn't really describe what I do.

I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record.

Whenever I fill out the job description I put 'songwriter', never 'singer' or 'artist.' Singers come and go.

Whenever I have time, I try to get in the studio and write, whether it's for me or other artists or my catalog of music. It's definitely one of my favorite parts of the music industry.

I love writing songs. I'm a songwriter.

I am a songwriter at heart, and I feel like I would, in the future, write songs for other people. I don't think I want to pursue it for myself, for a solo career.

I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music.

Songwriting is what I am trying to stay good at and get better at.

I don't look at myself as a designer; I'm focused on music.

I'm a professional musician.

I have no such ambition of becoming an actor. I want to grow as a musician, singer and songwriter.

Basically, I'm just a guitar player that figured out I wasn't ever gonna be able to buy dinner with my guitar playing. So I got into songwriting, which is a little more profitable business.

I'm a songwriter-singer. I'm very vocal oriented, of course, but songwriting - no matter whether it's for myself or another artist - is of paramount importance to it all.

As a songwriter, I listen to everything to be inspired... from Rihanna to Bruno Mars to Springsteen to Johnny Cash.

I consider myself a songwriter... I guess the business end is my songs and the fun part is playing the guitar.

My other advice is to start writing songs and singing right away.

I wrote songs with the guys from Air Supply for their record... So I was just writing songs.

I'm just a musician and a record producer.

A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.

Due to my work as a musician, songwriter, recording artist and author, hundreds of people stream in and out of my basement studio to help me with my creative projects.

I'll try not to let a day go by without making a song. I don't think I've created a lot of music.

I'm a record producer and songwriter; I'm a problem-solver.

I did record a bunch of stuff, but the thing that usually stops me from doing that is that I'm a terrible singer. I made a bunch of instrumental music, and it feels really good, but just as a singer, I'm not good.